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		<title>Keep fit at your desk &#8211; Exercises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? People are spending more and more time at a desk in front of a computer screen. As we were not designed to hold these kinds of positions for long periods of time, it is possible to feel pain and discomfort in our muscles after too long a period in front of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=248&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This factsheet is for people who have been diagnosed with or who suspect that they have carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a fairly common condition that occurs when there is too much pressure on a nerve in the wrist. There is usually aching, numbness or tingling in the thumb, some of the fingers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=239&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musculoskeletal Injuries Introduction Repetitive Stain Injury (RSI), Work Related Upper Limb Disorder (WRULD), Musculo-skeletal Disorder (MSDs), Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD), Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS), - whatever you call them they are a complete pain the bodies of workers, millions are suffering, hundreds of thousands of new cases each year &#8211; 37% increase in the incidence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=128&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Making Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) to your company pension AVCs offer a cost-effective way to increase your pension fund if you have a company pension scheme. Following changes effective from April 2006, there are now more ways to pay extra funds into your pension. Topping up your pension with AVCs Company (&#8216;occupational&#8217;) pension scheme contributions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=210&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pension rules from April 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since April 2006, simpler rules have been applied to both personal and company (occupational) schemes. The new rules allow most people to pay more into their pension schemes – and on more flexible terms. Saving more into your pension You can now save as much as you want into any pension scheme. The rules for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=207&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding company pensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your employer offers a company (&#8216;occupational&#8217;) pension scheme, it means the company usually contributes towards your pension. There may also be payments to a spouse, civil partner or dependant when you die. Types of company pension Company pension schemes vary from company to company. Your scheme is likely to fall into one of two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=204&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The lowdown on final salary pension schemes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 8.5 million people have a final salary pension scheme. But if you pay into one each month, where is your money going, and more importantly is your future wealth safeguarded? Final salary schemes, also known as defined benefit schemes, can be very generous. They pay staff a set percentage of their final salary depending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=198&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Salary Pension Schemes Under Attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pension provision has never been so controversial. In the late 1980s and early 1990s there were scandals about funding, surpluses and mis-appropriation of pension scheme assets. In the mid 1990s there was the mis-selling scandal. Now final salary pension schemes are under attack and millions of occupational scheme members are worried about their future. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=195&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom From Fear</title>
		<link>http://dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/freedom-from-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Freedom from Fear Campaign seeks to prevent violence, threats and abuse against shopworkers. It has four main aims, to: negotiate with employers for safety and security improvements in stores. campaign with Government for policies to help tackle retail crime and anti-social behaviour in shopping areas. raise awareness with the shopping public that violence, threats [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=187&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Work in hot or cold environments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Thornton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The risk to the health of workers increases as conditions move further away from those generally accepted as comfortable. Risk of heat stress arises, for example, from working in high air temperatures, exposure to high thermal radiation or high levels of humidity, such as those found in foundries, glass works and laundries. Cold stress may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dundeeusdaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4202455&amp;post=184&amp;subd=dundeeusdaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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